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- Tajikistan, Afghanistan sign power purchase agreement
the governments of Tajikistan and Afghanistan signed a power purchase agreement under the Regional Power Transmission Interconnection Project that was approved by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in December 2006 to tap Tajikistan's summer power surplus
- Afghanistan: Defeat or victory?
By Debbie Menon THE Why should the Pashtu's even be considered? Logically, the only option because of their disproportionately high number in comparison to the others, say, the Tajik, Uzbek, etc. Eventually, of course, the US and the 'willing coalition'
- Russia to train Afghan police
London (PTI): Russia will train the Afghan National Police for the first time since the erstwhile Soviet Union withdrew from the country in 1989, media reports said on Monday. At a meeting with President Karzai in Tajikistan last week Russian President
- Russia offers to help train Afghan police
Russia is planning to send members of its security forces to train their counterparts in Afghanistan for the first time since the Soviet Union withdrew from the country in 1989, The Times has learnt. At a meeting with President Karzai in Tajikistan last
- Russia warns it will respond to "aggression"
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Russia does not want confrontation with
the West but will hit back if attacked, Kremlin leader Dmitry
Medvedev said on Sunday, a day before EU leaders meet to draft
a response to Moscow's actions in Georgia.
- Kabul asked to end blame game
LAHORE: Pakistan National Security Adviser (NSA) Mehmud Durrani on Saturday asked Afghan President Hamid Karzai to stop blaming Islamabad for Kabul?s problems, Dawn News reported. Durrani said this during a meeting with Karzai in Dushanbe, capital of
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Tajikistan has experienced three changes in government and a civil war since it gained independence in 1991 when the USSR collapsed. A peace agreement among rival factions was signed in 1997, but implementation has progressed slowly. Nevertheless, a number of opposition political parties have been legalized and are participating in elections, suggesting that the country may be stabilizing politically. Russian-led peacekeeping troops are based throughout the country, and Russian-commanded border guards are stationed along the border with Afghanistan.
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Reuters - Russia's decision to send troops to
Georgia has set a new standard for defending its national
interests and the United States must learn to live with it,
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday.
Reuters - European heavyweights Germany and
Britain questioned Russia's participation in Western
institutions on Sunday, a day before EU leaders meet to decide
what action to take over the Kremlin's intervention in Georgia.
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